In her earlier life, before she became a yoga teacher and Shiatsu practitioner, Polly Liontis worked as a professional actress and musician . She earned a bachelor of arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She then moved to Chicago...

When Rachel Hirsch, an Americorps VISTA service volunteer who works for the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) service learning department, approached Yoli Ma about putting together a yoga peace-building program for CPS, Yoli was definitely interested. She had been...

American yoga master Gary Kraftsow has been a pioneer in the transmission of yoga for health, healing, and personal transformation for more than 30 years. Founder of the America n Viniyoga Institute, Gary also serves on the International Association of Yoga Therapists...

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute, is a tantric master who has lectured and taught worldwide for more than a quarter of a century. Panditji (his title as a scholar) teaches the “Essence of Living Tantra” in his current...

This pose is often used in meditation. Sit with your legs straight. Bend the right knee, hold the right foot with hands and place it on top of the left thigh so the right heel is near the navel. Bend the left knee, and, holding the left foot with hands, place it over...

Our second week in India My niece, Kaletis, and I had been looking forward to visiting Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. It is the third city in the Golden Triangle (New Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur), which is on the itineraries of most tourists who visit the Taj Mahal in...